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IEC TR 60825‑8 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 76: Optical radiation safety and laser equipment. It is a Technical Report.

This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2006. This edition constitutes a technical revision.

This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition.

a) Recent medical laser equipment classified as laser class 1C is now included. Equipment of laser class 1C incorporates sensors which ensure good contact, so that laser emission into free space is inhibited.
b) More emphasis is given to protective eyewear of patients or clients, to the burning of materials close to the skin and to collateral hazards such as from internal or external fire and from noxious gases.
c) General technical update.

The text of this Technical Report is based on the following documents:

Draft	Report on voting
76/640/DTR	76/658/RVDTR

Full information on the voting for its approval can be found in the report on voting indicated in the above table.

The language used for the development of this Technical Report is English.

Terms written in small capitals in this document are defined in Clause 3.

A list of all parts in the IEC 60825 series, published under the general title Safety of laser products, can be found on the IEC website.

This document was drafted in accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, and developed in accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1 and ISO/IEC Directives, IEC Supplement, available at www.iec.ch/members_experts/refdocs. The main document types developed by IEC are described in greater detail at www.iec.ch/publications.

The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the stability date indicated on the IEC website under webstore.iec.ch in the data related to the specific document. At this date, the document will be

• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.

PD IEC/TR 60825-8:2022

Safety of laser products - Guidelines for the safe use of laser beams on humans

Current

Published:

31 Oct 2022